The girls are leaving for Costa Rica tomorrow! We are so sad to see them go. We spent today running more errands – Target, Modell's and TJ Maxx. The girls got new suitcases which, it turns out, are the perfect…

Today was the March For Our Lives. The kids made awesome signs and we went down and joined hundreds of thousands of people protesting for gun control. Here are some of my pics – Daddy has more: We had an…

Today was a relaxing and relatively productive snow day. We didn't get that much snow so it was easy to get around. First we went to the orthodontist, and got the good news that A doesn't need rubber bands during…

School is canceled for tomorrow due to impending snow. I am supposed to go to Minneapolis at 5PM – doesn't look too likely given a foot of snow predicted and high winds. Everyone here is happy about no school. A's…

Little N had Scholastic Book Fair this morning, and he bought 2 books with the $10 I gave him: It's always cute to see the books he picks out on his own. We read them both tonight. This is a…

On Friday night, Sarah generously hosted a dinner at her house in honor of Tracy and Dan, who were in town visiting schools. It was a very fun night – we didn't leave until 1:15AM! The kids there: M, A,…

Daddy dropped off A's tuition deposit at SFS today and she is all set! We also ordered her a sweatshirt, so it is official. CONGRATS TO A!! M is deciding tonight. And today we had N's parent-teacher conference. Here is…

Big news: A has accepted her spot at Sidwell! Very exciting! Congratulations, A! M is still deciding. She made a spreadsheet tonight and ranked all the schools on a number of criteria. It resulted in a tie. And here is…

The girls went to NCS today. I think they liked it more than they expected to. M is still weighing options! Apparently the food was good, the classes were mostly interesting and the new girls were nice. Tomorrow AM we…

M's game today didn't turn out too well. She was kicked/trampled (?) after having already blocked the ball, which is not kosher in soccer. She ended up coming out of the game (it was right before halftime) and never went…